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SpamSlayer - should we DDOS spammers?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the what-lines-to-cross dept.

pointbeing writes "Just read this article about a company called Blue Security that essentially floods a spammer's website with requests to unsubscribe members - we're talking thousands of requests per day - the company's CEO says that fighting back by "inducing loss" against spammers is the only way to eventually stop them. Although I hate spam as much as the next guy, is participating in a DDOS attack the way to bring spammers to their knees? If it's okay in this instance, it it okay to DDOS the next guy who does something we don't like? "

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  1. Slashdot by ZakuSage · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wouldn't it just be easier to slashdot a site owned by a spammer company?

  2. Re:Sophistry at its finest... by JustinKSU · · Score: 5, Funny

    Isn't there some rule of thumb - never fight evil with evil? This is a vigilante approach which is reserved exclusively for BATMAN

  3. Re:Sophistry at its finest... by shokk · · Score: 5, Funny

    Easy! To get around all these little rules, we'll just hijack a bunch of PCs to our dirty work for us. I'm sure the owners will not mind helping out for a truly noble cause. Then, we'll use servers in countries with questionable laws to control the DDOS. Then, to raise money to help us out in our quest, we'll use these servers to also mail out requests to help us secure our target US$20mil by sending us a paltry US$20k. We've got the spammers beat in will power AND on the moral high ground!

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    "Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart, he dreams himself your master."
  4. Instant Karma by ledbetter · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sorry, but I can't feel bad for spammers (or sites that support them) who get DDoS'ed. They make their $ by annoying millions in the hopes that hundreds will be gullible enough to buy their crap. What goes around comes around... and I fully support the use of DDoS attacks against these loosers.

    Furthermore.. the repeated HTTP requets should include in their USER_AGENT header the following so it shows up in the logs ("LOOKS_LIKE_YOUR_WEB_SERVER_NEEDS_SOME_V1aGrA")

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    /. my blog, I dare ya
  5. Re:Do two wrongs make a right? by nurhussein · · Score: 5, Funny

    This beggs me to ask, do twon wrongs make a right?

    I don't know, but if two wrongs do make a right then your above sentence contains no spelling errors whatsover.

  6. Of course we have to DDOS them by Weaselmancer · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...because it's illegal to castrate them.

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    Weaselmancer
    rediculous.